Births per 1,000 women, by age of mother

Fertility in Ethiopia, 1973

Ethiopia
1973
Total fertility rate: 6.96
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Year

-5 -1   1973  +1 +5

Country

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The total fertility rate of Ethiopia was 6.96 children per woman in 1973 — above the replacement level of about 2.1. Births were most frequent among women aged 25-29 (285 per 1,000 women in that age group), and the average mother was 29.2 years old. In total, 1,512,003 babies were born. Source: United Nations, World Population Prospects 2024.

Total fertility rate
6.96
Births
1,512,003
Births per 1,000 people
50.1
Mean age of mothers
29.2
Births to mothers aged 15–19
17.3%
Net reproduction rate
2.17
Boys per 100 girls at birth
105.7
Population
30,166,785
The net reproduction rate counts only daughters who survive to their mothers' age: below 1, each generation of women is smaller than the one before.
Mother's ageBirths per 1,000 womenShare of total fertilityBirths
10-1420.11.4%35,675
15-19184.313.2%261,352
20-24272.819.6%340,405
25-29284.720.4%337,651
30-34261.818.8%257,745
35-39209.915.1%173,566
40-44122.58.8%84,569
45-4934.72.5%20,052
50-542.10.1%989